Grumpy Old Bookman is pointing out that the first week in October is Buy a Friend a Book week. This sounds like a thoroughly Good Thing, and to be encouraged. I hope that by this time next year I will have a vested interest in recommending a particular book, but for this year I plan to spend the next couple of weeks thinking about which friend, and which book. Suggestions are very welcome, but any particularly self-serving ones will need to be accompanied by appropriate quantities of Green & Black's dark chocloate (yes, Miss Grange, I am thinking of you).
For those who cannot wait until October for something exciting, don't forget that Monday is International Talk Like a Pirate Day.
Stephen Bowden, now an e-published writer of Regency romps, ventures back into the Blogosphere.
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A non-self-serving recommendation: Gun, with Occasional Music, by Lethem. One of the better books I've read recently. If you want something more erudite, but equally fun, I, Lucifer, by Glen Duncan -- a memoir.
I don't know what you mean . . .
Btw, I was going to send you some Green and Black's, but I started thinking: what if eating this means that Stephen can't fit into his Regency outfit; and what if he therefore has to buy another one; and what if the stress on his bank balance means that he is ruined . . . so to spare you financial ruin, I ate the chocolate myself.
And another btw, the particular book is highlighted, but there's no link. Are we going to get an extract?
Highlighting "particular book" was an experiment - it is supposed to work like a footnote. No link at the moment.
This posting is also an experiment, as I am currently sitting in a London coffee shop (very Regency, don't you think) tapping away on the laptop connected to the interweb thingy by "hot spot" (not quite so Regency).
Hi niice reading your blog
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